The proposed “internet kill switch”, which passed out of the Senate Homeland Security Committee last week, has met some opposition: “Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) has introduced his own cybersecurity legislation with Sen. Orrin Hatch, and he had some harsh words for a competing bill sponsored by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. Bond said that […]
I guess Bruce Willis was unavailable to stop these threats: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved a comprehensive cybersecurity bill on Thursday after amending it to limit the president’s authority in the event of a cyber emergency. The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper […]
Michael Bloomberg has a post up at the Huffington Post that addresses something very important in this age of terror: It’s amazing but true: we can prevent terror suspects from boarding an airplane, but the FBI doesn’t have the power to block them from buying dynamite or an AK-47. I believe strongly that they should. […]
This is the kind of news that should be plastered on every network tonight: The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to confirm Martha N. Johnson as head of the General Services Administration, nearly 10 months after she was first nominated to head the federal agency. Upon assuming office, Johnson “will become the first permanent […]
I keep thinking back to the Bush years and every time someone in Congress wanted someone from the Bush administration to testify the Republicans would give cover to Bush by arguing about “executive privilege”. At that time so many of us on the left kept thinking “I wonder if they will do the same when […]
I have been staying pretty clear of all the Lieberman stuff going on. Would I like to see him stripped of his chairmanship? Yes I would. Will I be upset if he isn’t? No. There has been a lot going on in the left blogosphere over Lieberman. A lot of bigger blogs are adamant about […]
Republicans have screwed themselves. This is no secret. From their constant signs of hypocrisy, to their obstructionism in the Senate, to their lock step legislating with the worse President in American history, they are working on handing the Democrats another big sweep next year: Democrats are positioned to bolster their Senate majority in next year’s […]
Will they do the same for Republican Congressman and Giuliani adviser Peter King? A homeland security adviser to Rudy Giuliani came under fire Thursday for claiming there were “too many mosques” in the United States — and defended himself by saying his point was that not enough Muslim leaders cooperate with law enforcement. Rep. Peter […]
While New Orleans still sits in ruins, we now find out that George W. Bush rejected almost all international aide: As the winds and water of Hurricane Katrina were receding, presidential confidante Karen Hughes sent a cable from her State Department office to U.S. ambassadors worldwide. Titled “Echo-Chamber Message” — a public relations term for […]
The decision by the Department of Homeland Security to cut anti-terrorism funding to the two cities attacked on 9/11 has started having major fallout. The New York Daily News has a front page article titled “Feds to city: drop dead” (h/t Raw Story) The city was stunned yesterday to find that its share of federal […]